The Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) is a region-wide forum for interaction among scholars and practitioners of public and private international law either based in or interested in Asia.[1]
It was formally established in April 2007 at an inaugural meeting at the National University of Singapore attended by, among others, then-President of the International Court of Justice Dame Rosalyn Higgins and Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo.[2][3]
The Society is an international non-partisan, non-profit, and non-governmental organization with the following objectives:
To promote research, education and practice of international law by serving as a centre of activities among international law scholars and practitioners in Asia and elsewhere, in a spirit of partnership with other relevant international, regional and national societies and organizations;
To foster and encourage Asian perspectives of international law; and
To promote awareness of and respect for international law in Asia.[4]
The Society is in the process of launching a new Asian Journal of International Law, which will be published by Cambridge University Press beginning in 2011.[7]